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pompatused adj. Describing a drinker who considers every small act a splendid performance requiring an audience. pomped (/ˈpɒmpd/) adj. Sufficiently drunk to mistake a modest entrance for a parade and recruit the company as its procession. Elli-mae got pomped and led three reluctant friends around the pub behind her handbag. pompelmoosed adj. Drunk enough to balance a grapefruit on the head while forgetting why the exercise began. Karalee was pompelmoosed by midnight and used the fruit bowl as a navigational aid. pompelmoused adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a rounded syllable from a rounded piece of fruit. pompeloed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the broad, faintly bitter dignity of a fruit too large for one hand. Ayzha was pompeloed after last orders, leaning against the fruit machine with measured bitterness. pompeted adj. A drinker who applies the same impression repeatedly, leaving the company covered in one memorable opinion. pompholixed adj. A drinker so far gone that minor discomforts become public eruptions requiring the table’s attention. Jodell became pompholixed and announced each irritation until the group changed seats. pompholyxed adj. The state of being drunk and prickly, with every harmless remark producing a fresh irritation. pomphorhynchided adj. The condition of a drinker who has attached himself firmly to the evening and cannot be dislodged without assistance. pomphreted adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing one fish-shaped concern from another, and now mildly marine. pompiered adj. The drunkenness of one who catches hold of the evening with a hook and refuses to let go. pompilided adj. Reduced by drink to pursuing every passing conversation with the single-mindedness of a wasp after a spider. Crayson became pompilided and followed the quietest guest from room to room. pompillioned adj. Softened by drink into a dark, sticky comfort that settles on everyone nearby. Bly got pompillioned and leaned over the table, spreading reassurance by contact. pompiloided adj. Having drunk enough to behave like a wasp with a private grievance and excellent navigational certainty. pompioned adj. Drunk since last orders, and rounded by the journey home into something distinctly autumnal. Mahoganie was pompioned by closing time, orange-coated and waiting patiently for the cab. pompkinned adj. Softened by drink into a squat autumnal presence, rounded in manner and of limited conversational firmness. Cathelene became pompkinned and accepted the decorative gourd as a fellow guest.